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Profiling Pedophiles

Profiling Pedophiles

Pedophiles can be
anyone -- old or young, rich or poor, educated or uneducated, non-professional
or professional, and of any race. However, pedophiles often demonstrate similar
characteristics, but these are merely indicators and it should not be assumed
that individuals with these characteristics are pedophiles. Knowledge of these
characteristics coupled with questionable behavior can be used as an alert that
someone may be a pedophile.

Characteristics of a Pedophile :

·Often
the pedophile is male and over 30 years of age.

·Single
or with few friends in his age group.

·If
married, the relationship is more "companion" based with no sexual
relations.

·He is
often vague about time gaps in employment which may indicate a loss in
employment for questionable reasons or possible past incarceration.

Pedophiles Like
Child-like Activities:

·Is
often fascinated with children and child activities appearing to prefer those
activities to adult oriented activities.

·Will
often refer to children in pure or angelic terms using descriptives like
innocent, heavenly, divine, pure, and other words that describe children but
seem inappropriate and exaggerated.

·Has
hobbies that are child-like such as collecting popular expensive toys, keeping
reptiles or exotic pets, or building plane and car models.

Pedophiles Often Prefer Children Close to Puberty:

·Pedophiles
often have a specific age of child they target. Some prefer younger children,
some older.

·Often
environment or a special room will be decorated in child-like decor and will
appeal to the age and sex of the child he is trying to entice.

·Many
pedophiles often prefer children close to puberty who are sexually
inexperienced, but curious about sex.

Pedophiles Around Children:

The pedophile
often will be employed in a position that involves daily contact with children.
He may put himself in a position to do volunteer work with children, often in a
supervisory capacity such as sports coaching, unsupervised tutoring or a
position where he has the opportunity to spend unsupervised time with a child.

The Target Child:

The pedophile
often seeks out shy, handicapped, and withdrawn children, or those who come
from troubled or under privileged homes. He then showers them with attention,
gifts, taunting them with trips to desirable places like parks, zoo's,
concerts, the beach, etc.

Manipulation of the Innocent:

Pedophiles master
manipulative skills and unleash them on troubled children by becoming their
friend and building the child's self esteem. They may refer to the child as
special or mature, appealing to their need to be heard and understood then
entice them with adult activities that are sexual in content such as x-rated
movies or pictures. They offer them alcohol or drugs to hamper their ability to
resist activities or recall events that occurred.

Stockholm Syndrome :

It’s not unusual
for the child to develop feelings for the predator and seek their approval and
continued acceptance. They will compromise their innate ability to decipher
good and bad behavior, ultimately justifying the criminal's behavior out of
sympathy and concern for the adults welfare. This is often compared to
Stockholm Syndrome - when victims become attached emotionally to their captors.

The Single Parent:

Many times
pedophiles will develop a close relationship with a single parent in order to
get close to the children. Once inside the home, they have many opportunities
to manipulate the children - using guilt, fear, and love to confuse the child.

Fighting Back:

Pedophiles work at
stalking their targets and patiently work to develop relationships with them.
It’s not uncommon for them to be developing a list of potential victims at any
one time. Many of them believe that what they are doing is not wrong and that
having sex with a child is actually "healthy" for the child.

Almost all
pedophiles have a collection of pronography, which they protect at all costs.
Many of them also collect "souvenirs" from their victims. They rarely
discard either their porn or collections for any reason.

One factor
working against the pedophile is eventually the children will grow up and
recall the events that occurred. Often pedophiles are not brought to justice
until such time occurs and victims are angered by being victimized and want to
protect other children from the same consequences.

Laws such as Megan's
Law - a federal law passed in 1996 authorizes local law enforcement
agencies to notify the public about convicted sex offenders living, working or
visiting their communities, have helped expose the pedophile to better protect
their children.

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